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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 59

Sale of City Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

Raine and Horne sold this morning by auction, under instructions from the executors of the late Sir Daniel Cooper, that well-known property known as Lawes' Hotel, corner of…

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Another City Burglary. Hotel Thieves Again Operating. Police Warn Boarders

Evening News · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 4

Another city hotel burglary took place on Wednesday evening, and it so far remains unsolved. A skeleton key was used by the thieves in this case, showing that they are…

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Enemies of Liberals. Brewers and Publicans. Roman Catholics and Labor Leagues. Speech by Sir Joseph Carruthers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 7

Sir Joseph Carruthers, now untrammeled by the responsibilities of party leadership, made a fighting speech at the conference of the Liberal and Reform Association last night…

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Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees Union

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 4

Resolution: That this meeting expressers its deepest sympathy with the members of the Royal Family in their sad bereavement and the loss they have sustained by the death of his late Majesty King Edward VII…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

The Central Licensing Court yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of hotel licenses:—Rose of Denmark Hotel Wellington and Pitt streets, Waterloo, Michael Gregan to John Donnelly;…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 11

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court:-Rose of Denmark Hotel, Wellington and Pitt streets, Waterloo, Michael Gegan to John Donnelly; Clipper's…

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Robbery From Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 7

On Wednesday night £1 in cash and jewellery, valued at £6, was stolen from the room of Miss Lily Griffiths, in the British Empire Hatel. The thief entered the room…

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Hotel Burglary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

A thief broke into a bedroom of the British Empire Hotel, George-street, Haymarket, on Wednesday night. When Miss Livingstone, who occupied the room, returned after a short…

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Our Contributors Dead Weight Tells. a No License Tale

The Methodist · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

The SaltonvHle town bell was being rung vigorously, mid the youthful bell-man felt proud of his vocation, us with dusky voice he yelled: "Big debate in the Hagricultural Horl"—B.D. in th' H.H. Free…

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Correspondence. No-license. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 8

Sir,—Might I call flic attention of the brethren to a golden opportunity that the liquor people have given us to make out a strong case for No-License in the country press?…

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Temperance Campaign. Hotel License Refused. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 7

An application before the Licensing Bench for an hotel license by J. Gavin at Greenethorpe was the subject of considerable feeling. Petitions in favour of the application…

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Wine and No-license

Evening News · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

From one point of view, the decision of the Masterton (N.Z.) magistrate that New Zealand wine is not liquor within the meaning of the Act, and may therefore fee cold in "no…

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Selling Wine in No-license Area

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 8

A case was heard at Masterton, in which the owners of a vineyard wore charged with selling wine within a no-license area. The Bench hold that the sale of New Zealand wine was not…

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Tragedy in a Hotel. Man and Wife with Throats Cut. Rushing Down the Staircase

Evening News · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-About noon to-day what appears to have been a deliberate attempt to commit murder, followed by suicide, took place at the Sir Walter Scott Hotel, corner of…

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State Elections. Newtown No-license League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 10

A no license conference, representative of 20 church and other organisations, was held in the Newtown Electorate on Friday evening, for the purpose of initiating the…

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Ghastly Double Tragedy. Melbourne Hotel Mystery. Man and Woman Found Dying. Their Throats Horribly Gashed. Melbourne

The Star · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 5

A man and a woman were found lying in two passages of the Sir Walter Scott Hotel. Elizabeth-street, this morning, weltering in the blood that was still flowing from horrible…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Heydon, President). Newcastle Hotel Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 10

Mr. W. C. Shipway sought leave, on behalf of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, to nominate Laurence Drysdale Mouat, of the Central Hotel, Newcastle, as employers'…

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Hotel Transfers

The Star · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 5

At the weekly sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court to-day the following hotel transfers were granted: --Cross Keys Hotel, East-street, Surry Hills, from Christopher C. White to Timothy [?]; United States…

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Sports Ground and Hotel. a Council's Discretion. High Court Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The High Court to-day gave judgment that the Northcote Town Council was justified in refusing to register a private sports ground because, among…

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No-license and Canada. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 10

Sir,-- A short time since the licensed victuallers' side supplied you with a statement showing an increase of crime in Canada. It did not mention that it was accounted for mainly by the great inrush of emigrants…

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